Over 180,000 homes in Japan's Chiba Prefecture were still without power as at 6:30 PM on Friday, after Typhoon Faxai hit the greater Tokyo area earlier in the week.
Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary says the government lodged a protest after two suspected North Korean vessels were spotted last month in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
The Vatican announced on Friday the schedule for Pope Francis's visit to Japan in November.
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Key words : still without Yotsukaido
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About 200,000 homes in Chiba Prefecture were still without power early Friday, after Typhoon Faxai caused blackouts in the greater Tokyo area earlier in the week.
The storm knocked out electricity to as many as 640,000 residences in the prefecture. Two people died of suspected heatstroke in homes without power.
Tokyo Electric Power Company had planned to restore power in the cities of Chiba, Yachiyo, Yotsukaido, Inzai and Ichihara by the end of Thursday.
But the company said the work was completed only in Yachiyo and Inzai.
TEPCO says it will take more time to restore electricity to all the affected homes in the prefecture.
About 18,000 households are without power in the cities of Minamiboso and Tateyama. About 13,000 in the city of Kamogawa and 12,000 in the city of Kimitsu also have no power.
The company says about 11,000 workers, including employees from other utility firms, are involved in the restoration work.
Chiba officials say about 27,000 households were still without water on Friday morning.
Some local governments say they are short of tarpaulins and sandbags to cover roofs damaged by the storm.
In some areas, food and drinking water are in short supply. Many people have no mobile phone service.
About 10 people were staying in one of Kimitsu's eight shelters on Thursday. Outside the shelter, Self-Defense Forces personnel handed out water to residents.
One woman said she hadn't had a bath in several days, and that she hopes power and water will be restored as soon as possible.
Key words : mobile carrier internet password
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Japan's mobile carriers say their phone services remain limited in Chiba Prefecture and on an island off Tokyo. The disruption has been caused by Typhoon Faxai, which made landfall on Monday.
NTT Docomo says that as of Friday, its mobile phone connectivity is poor in 36 municipalities of Chiba Prefecture. The island of Oshima is also experiencing connectivity problems.
KDDI says, as of Friday morning, users are having trouble in 20 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture and in Tokyo's Oshima Island.
SoftBank, as of Friday morning, reports poor phone connectivity in 20 municipalities in Chiba Prefecture.
The carriers have deployed mobile antennas and mobile power supply vehicles.
They're providing free Wi-Fi at stations and commercial facilities, mainly in Chiba Prefecture. You can log on to the Internet by typing in "00000JAPAN" regardless of your phone's carrier. You don't need to type in a password.
The carriers are also offering a disaster message board service on the Internet.
NTT East says, as of Friday morning, about 5,000 fixed phone lines in Chiba Prefecture and 2,000 Internet connections are still out of order.
The company is offering free calls from about 7,000 public phones throughout the prefecture.
Key words : welfare firefighter
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Welfare workers, firefighters and doctors are going door-to-door in parts of typhoon-hit Chiba Prefecture that lack power, water and mobile phone service.
Typhoon Faxai made landfall in the prefecture on Monday. The phone service outage is making it hard to confirm the safety of elderly people.
In Kimitsu City, welfare workers from a municipal support center spent more than twice the usual time to reach one district. Access has been hampered by fallen trees blocking roads.
The workers visited each elderly household to check residents' health and explain how to cope with the water outage. They also handed out food and water.
The workers found that elderly residents living alone are running out of food and cannot seek outside help because of the phone outage.
A man in his 80s said he's worried about everything. He said he cannot flush the toilet and all the food in the refrigerator has gone bad.
In Minamiboso City, members of a community fire brigade are going door-to-door to check on single elderly households and assess damage to their houses.
The brigade's deputy head said it was hard to find any houses that suffered no damage in the coastal area.
A medical team from the Japanese Red Cross Society is also on hand. About 40 doctors and nurses have visited shelters and elderly people's houses in Minamiboso and Tateyama cities.
One of the residents, an 83-year-old man, had been rushed to hospital for emergency care on Wednesday with symptoms of pneumonia.
His daughter said it was a huge relief to have a doctor visit the house and say her father is okay, especially when power is out and gasoline is in short supply.
Key words : Suga protest
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Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga says the Japanese government lodged a protest after two suspected North Korean vessels were spotted last month in Japan's exclusive economic zone.
Suga revealed on Friday that a fisheries agency patrol ship spotted an unidentified vessel in Japan's exclusive economic zone in the Sea of Japan off the Noto Peninsula on August 23.
He said another vessel approached a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship in the same area the next day.
The Coast Guard said a man on board the vessel pointed a gun at the patrol ship from a distance of about 30 meters. It said another person on the vessel used a video camera to record the incident.
The Japanese patrol ships were not damaged.
Suga said the relevant ministries have shared information on the incident, and the Japanese government believes the vessels were from North Korea.
He said Japan lodged a protest with Pyongyang through diplomatic channels in Beijing.
North Korean and Chinese fishing boats have been illegally operating in Japan's exclusive economic zone for several years.
Suga said the relevant ministries will work closely to ensure the safety of Japanese fishing boats in the area.
Key words : Vatican visit to Japan
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The Vatican will announce on Friday the schedule for Pope Francis's visit to Japan in November.
The Pope is expected to make a four-day trip to Japan from November 23, when he will arrive in Tokyo from Thailand.
The next day, he will visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki to remember the victims of the 1945 atomic bombings of the two cities. He will also hold a Mass in Nagasaki.
On November 25, he is scheduled to meet Emperor Naruhito and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo before celebrating Mass at Tokyo Dome. He will leave for the Vatican the following day.
He will be the first pope to visit Japan since John Paul II in 1981.
Francis, who assumed his position six years ago, is known as an advocate for the abolition of nuclear arms.
The Holy See ratified the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in 2017.
Attention is focused on what anti-nuclear messages the pontiff will deliver from the atomic-bombed cities.
Key words : Moon visit the United
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The office of South Korea's President Moon Jae-in says Moon will visit the United States this month to attend the United Nations General Assembly.
A presidential spokesperson announced on Friday that Moon will make the visit from September 22 to 26. He is to give a speech at the assembly in New York on September 24.
The spokesperson said Moon will also meet US President Donald Trump, and that both sides are working to arrange the schedule.
Trump and Moon are expected to discuss North Korea. Trump has expressed willingness to again meet the country's leader Kim Jong Un this year.
North Korea has said it's ready to resume working-level denuclearization talks with the US in late September.
It's unclear if Trump and Moon will discuss Japan.
The US has urged South Korea to continue the General Security of Military Information Agreement, an intelligence-sharing pact with Japan that Seoul decided to end.
Moon's spokesperson said the president will also meet UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and hold one-on-one talks with other world leaders, but declined to give their names.
Key words : US transportation
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US transportation authorities are investigating the automatic emergency braking system of Nissan Rogue sport utility vehicles after reports that it kicked in unexpectedly.
Over half a million Rogues from 2017 and 2018 are subject to the probe.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says it received 129 reports that the automatic emergency brakes activated without anything ahead to trigger them.
Three crashes and three injuries were reported.
NHTSA officials will analyze the problems and decide whether the vehicles should be recalled.
Nissan says it has started notifying the owners of 550,000 SUVs to update the braking software.
Key words : holiday
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Key words : paralympic dismissed
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The head of the International Paralympic Committee has dismissed South Korea's claim that the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics should be changed because their design allegedly resembles the "Rising Sun" flag.
IPC President Andrew Parsons spoke with reporters on Thursday after meeting in Tokyo with delegates of the nations and territories that will take part in the games.
Parsons said South Korea's Paralympic Committee requested a design review at the meeting. The country regards the "Rising Sun" flag as a symbol of Japan's wartime past.
Parsons said the medals use Japanese folding fans as a motif and are beautifully designed. He said the IPC believes there is no need for a review.
Parsons said he also received a letter from South Korea on Wednesday requesting a ban on bringing the "Rising Sun" flag into the venues for the Tokyo Paralympics.
Parsons said the IPC does not have such rules in particular. He said the issue belongs to politics, and he has no intention of mixing up politics and sports.
South Korea's sports ministry has also asked the International Olympic Committee to ban the flag at the Tokyo Games.
The ministry says the flag is a political symbol that reminds people of historic scars and pain.
The IOC has responded that sports stadiums should be free of any political demonstrations, and it will look at any concerns that arise at the Games on a case-by-case basis.
The Japanese organizers of the Olympics and Paralympics say there's no political issue behind the use of the flag.
Key words : sharp liquid crystal
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Electronics maker Sharp says it has come up with a new material based on its liquid crystal technology that could help athletes tackle the problem of overheating. It's being used in special gloves that can maintain a safe body temperature, even in hot weather.
Sharp says the material can keep the skin near a safe 20 degrees Celsius, which has the knock-on effect of holding core temperature down.
It's working on the gloves with sporting goods manufacturer Descente and consulting firm Wingate.
Sharp says it hopes to refine the product and get it to market by next spring.
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